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Best Beef Cuts for Slow Cooking - Cover Image
Cuts and Comparisons
Best Beef Cuts for Slow Cooking

Slow cooking is not a way of rescuing cheap beef. It is the correct method for the cuts that did the most work, and it is where the best flavor on the animal lives. Here is what to buy and what to lea

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Best Cuts of Beef for Grilling - Cover Image
Cuts and Comparisons
Best Cuts of Beef for Grilling

A grill is hot, uneven and hard to take back. That favors cuts with fat to spare and penalizes lean ones. Here is what to put over the fire depending on whether you are cooking for two or for twenty.

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Flat Iron Steak vs. Flank Steak - Cover Image
Cuts and Comparisons
Flat Iron Steak vs. Flank Steak

Both are flat, both are cheaper than a ribeye, and they are not interchangeable. Flat iron is tender enough to serve as a steak. Flank needs a marinade and a sharp knife. Here is how to tell them apar

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How Long Does Beef Last in the Freezer? - Cover Image
Buying and Storing Beef
How Long Does Beef Last in the Freezer?

At zero degrees Fahrenheit, frozen beef stays safe indefinitely. What changes is quality. Steaks are best inside six to twelve months, ground beef inside three to four. Here is the full picture, and w

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How Long Does Vacuum-Sealed Beef Last? - Cover Image
Buying and Storing Beef
How Long Does Vacuum-Sealed Beef Last?

A vacuum seal does one thing: it takes the air out. Because oxygen is what dries the surface and turns fat rancid, removing it extends quality more than any other kind of packaging. Here is roughly ho

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How Long Should Steak Rest? - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How Long Should Steak Rest?

Eight to ten minutes. Gray Shipley will tell you himself that he often gives it five, which is honest and still better than cutting straight in. Here is what resting does and why the juices on your bo

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Cook Steak in a Cast-Iron Skillet - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Cook Steak in a Cast-Iron Skillet

Cast iron is the most forgiving pan for steak, for one reason: it holds its heat when cold meat lands on it. That advantage is wasted if the skillet is not properly preheated. Here is how to use it.

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Cook Steak on a Charcoal Grill - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Cook Steak on a Charcoal Grill

Charcoal gives you flavor that gas cannot. It also puts your dinner directly in the path of whatever the fuel is made of, which is why Gray Shipley has a specific warning about the cheap bag from the

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Cook Steak on a Gas Grill - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Cook Steak on a Gas Grill

Gas gets dismissed by people who grill twice a year. Gray Shipley is not one of them, and his reason is control. Here is how to get a proper crust out of a gas grill, which comes down to preheating it

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Freeze Steak Properly - Cover Image
Buying and Storing Beef
How to Freeze Steak Properly

If your beef arrived vacuum sealed, the best thing you can do is nothing: put it straight in the freezer. If you are repacking or freezing something you portioned yourself, air is the enemy and speed

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Get a Great Crust on Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Get a Great Crust on Steak

A great crust comes from a dry surface. That is the whole answer, and it is the one piece of steak advice Gray Shipley gives when he only gets to give one. Here is why water on the outside stops a ste

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 5 min read
How to Grill Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Grill Steak

A grill gives you something a pan cannot: two temperatures at once. Sear over the hot side, finish over the cool side, and you get a crust without overcooking the middle. Here is the method, and Gray

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Pan-Sear Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Pan-Sear Steak

A good pan-seared steak needs three things: a dry surface, a hot pan, and the patience to leave it alone. Here is the order of operations, and the step most people skip.

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Prevent Freezer Burn on Beef - Cover Image
Buying and Storing Beef
How to Prevent Freezer Burn on Beef

Those pale dry patches are freezer burn. The beef is still safe. What has happened is that moisture left the surface, and the fix is air and temperature rather than anything you can do once it has hap

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Reheat Steak Without Ruining It - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Reheat Steak Without Ruining It

Leftover steak does not have to be a disappointment. Warm it low and slow, then sear it hard for thirty seconds. The method is a reverse-sear, and it works because the steak is already cooked.

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Reverse-Sear Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Reverse-Sear Steak

Reverse-searing means cooking the steak low first and searing it last. On a thick cut it gives you an evenly pink interior and a hard crust at the same time, and it makes the dry surface easier rather

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Season Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Season Steak

Salt and pepper. That is the honest answer for a well-raised steak, and Gray Shipley says so plainly. What matters more than what you add is when you add it, and whether you let the beef do the talkin

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Store Cooked Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Store Cooked Steak

Cooked steak keeps three to four days in the refrigerator. The part that decides whether it is still good is how quickly it got cold and how well it was wrapped.

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Thaw Steak Safely - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Thaw Steak Safely

We ship frozen on purpose. The refrigerator is the right way to undo that: about twenty-four hours, no counter, no hot water. It is also the method that leaves you the driest surface, which is what a

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to Use a Meat Thermometer for Steak - Cover Image
Cooking Techniques
How to Use a Meat Thermometer for Steak

A thermometer is the cheapest way to stop ruining steaks. Not because temperature is complicated, but because it replaces guessing with a number. Gray Shipley is clear about what guessing costs you.

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Shipley Farms
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read